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Thymus Transplants Give Hope to Babies With Fatal Immune Disease

...hile researchers ensure that there are no diseases present in the tissue. Strips of tissue are then implanted in the baby's thigh, where they attract a blood supply and begin to act like a thymus gland. Within three to four months, mature T cells begin to appear in the bloodstream. The latest Duke analysis...

Nanocomposite Labeled Cancer Cells Targeted and Destroyed by Using Lasers

.... Because it can carry multiple agents inside, yet present a simple outer surface to the body, it can be programmed to deliver those agents to a particular organ or tissue."...

Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration

...ibers. Furthermore, when there were biochemicals present on the nanofibers, the nerve fiber growth was enhanced 5 fold. In a matter of just 5 days, nerve fibers had extended 4 millimeters from the nerve tissue in a bipolar fashion on the bioactive aligned nanofiber scaffolds. Thus, this technology can indu...

AIDS Victims, Supporters Gather in Bond of Hope

... who have lost their lives to AIDS. One of those present was 27-year-old Bhagwati of Rajasthan. Dressed in a green salwar with a white T-shirt and sporting a bold imprint of the symbolic red ribbon, Bhagwati was not hesitant to say that she has been HIV positive for the past one year and so is her husban...

Macrophages may Help Prevent Obesity

...es, shifting to the anti-inflammatory mode. In the present study, the researchers have identified a molecular switch. They believe that their work raises the possibility that existing anti-inflammatory therapies might be targeted at adipose tissue macrophages to treat obesity and insulin resistance....

FDA Refuses to Lift Ban on Blood Donation by Gays

...fic data showing that a change in policy would not present a significant and preventable risk to blood recipients. The Food and Drug Administrations ban of 1983 prevents an estimated 62,300 gay and bisexual men from donating blood. Blood collection organisations say the window period risks have been negated...

14-year-old Killed in School Shooting in Canada

... who have a history of violence. "Trauma in the present has a ripple to the past," she said. Parents should watch their child for change of behaviour, nightmares and a fear of going back to school. "The good news is that 75 per cent of children, with good support, do fairly well after the first week or...

Genes Associated With Limb Development is More Primitive Than Believed

...tic capability seen in tetrapods to build limbs is present in even more primitive fish," said Dr. Davis. Fo...nd feet develop, and the scientists found this was present in the paddlefish. In other words, the pattern of gene activity long thought to be unique to verte...

Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Reverse Heart Failure in Animals

...ecific "gene promoter" that enabled the gene to be present only in heart cells. The rats with heart failure were then followed for another two months, when their heart pumping function was monitored again. The animals that received the gene therapy had significantly better heart-pumping abilities compared ...

Pediatric Seizure Study Underway in US to Decide Between Diazepam and Lorazepam

... away from his or her parents; a parent may not be present when the child is taken to the emergency department. Children admitted to participating institutions and who meet study criteria will be automatically enrolled in the study without prior parental consent. Dr. Baren stressed that this sequence of ev...

Anthrax Claims Two Lives in Orissa

...gers however alleged that no veterinary staff were present for the vaccination of animals. Orissa has reported cases of anthrax infection in the past too, specially from Kalahandi, Koraput and Rayagada where tribals often consume infected meat. Over 200 cattle and five people lost their lives to anthrax ...

Off-label and Untested Use of Drug-coated Stents Appears Widespread

...s for off-label and untested indications tended to present with more severe clinical profiles, which would have excluded these patients from the pivotal randomized trials that led to FDA approval of drug-eluting stents," they continue. The authors report a significant difference in clinical outcome for pat...

Scientists Report New Take on Sexual Signaling

... Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama present a new take on sexual signaling in the May issue of the Public Library of Science. The researchers report that females prefer a male sexual signal that helps them avoid their predators as they sequentially visit and assess potential mates. The trad...

Choice is a Key Element in Success for Smokers Who Want to Quit

...arch assistant professor Heather Patrick will also present at the conference. She has applied Self-Determination Theory to a common conundrum of romantic relationships: If you do something positive for your mate, does it matter why? The answer is yes according to Patrick's research. She found that both small...

Australia's Aborigines Affected by Poor Health: Experts

...y visible among Third World children are, in fact, present in Australian communities - and at rates significantly higher than in the general population. The AMA and experts claim that Aboriginal children are at least 150 years behind on every kind of social indicator. AMA President Dr Rosanna Capolingua pl...

Scientists Identify Four Genes That Raise the Risk of Breast Cancer

...though the genes identified in the latest research present a comparatively small-added risk of cancer developing in any woman who has mutated versions of them, they are much more common, and higher the chances of a woman developing breast cancer if she has the more mutated versions of any one of them. The ...

Soy Nuts may Improve Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Levels in Women

...stolic blood pressure in hypertensive women in the present study could have significant implications for reducing cardiovascular risk and death on a population basis," the authors write. "This study was performed in the free-living state; therefore, dietary soy may be a practical, safe and inexpensive moda...

Genes may Have a Role in Learning "tonal Languages"

... the lesser intricacy of non-tonal languages could present a selective advantage. "Adoption of a simpler language might be 'easier', allowing for faster acquisition of language or other brain functions in early childhood. These ideas could be tested, Crespi said....

New Portable Communication System Developed for Autistic Children

...tic children. Many of them injure themselves and present aggressive behaviour because they become frustrated when they cannot communicate with others. If they can communicate through SC@UT, this problem would disappear, Science News quoted Delgado, as saying. The new device is handy and can be downloaded...

Condition of Separated Conjoined Twins Improving

...ter 4 or 5 days if they continue to improve at the present rate. The operation, which was the first of its kind in Chhattisgarh, stirred a lot of emotions as hundreds of Raipur residents joined the parents of the twins Tuesday to pray for the children's well being....

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